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Sonowal, Assam CM escapes in chopper as AASU protesters reach his home

Dibrugarh, December 2, 2019: In an amusing twist to...

Does Pakistan really have a ‘nefarious intent’ with regard to opening the Kartarpur corridor?

Punjab CM says he always thought the opening of the Kartarpur corridor had a hidden agenda to restart Sikh militancy

AAMSU expresses concerns on all India NRC, CAB and clause 6 of Assam Accord

The Union Home Minister had recently held a meeting of stakeholders from the north-east to hear their views on nation-wide NRC. Among other stake holders, AAMSU (All Assam Minorities Students’ Union) was one of the groups who attended and presented its view. In the written memorandum, AAMSU laid down concerns on how a nation-wide NRC would abrogate the Assam Accord. The memorandum also apprised the Centre on how its own , government approved High Level Committee for implementation of clause 6 of Assam Accord was far exceeding its agenda.

BJP has been laying the base for a new CAB (Citizenship Bill) since 2015

The issue of citizenship has turned into a major political concern with the regime’s efforts to shift the foundational base of citizenship. With a majoritarian regime driven by the RSS-BJP, faith has become the base for those who seek long term visas and finally citizenship of India. In its first term, NDA II failed to get the amendments through, now it is posed to bring them in Parliament, again. Even while the seven north-eastern states protest strongly against this amendment, a 2017 amendment in India’s Passport Rules reveals that the shift has already begun

The ‘middle’ ground in Kashmir has been completely wiped out: Yashwant Sinha

Srinagar: – The central government has completely wiped-out the middle ground in Kashmir with its hardcore polices and this might push more and more people towards violence, former Union Minister Yashwant Sinha said while ending his four-day visit to Kashmir.

Women Speak From Margins of Ayodhya Dispute

Not the loss of a mosque, but the disregard for Muslims causes anguish.

Welcome to Bengal, where there is not one or two, but thirty Muslim Professors who teach Sanskrit

Around 14 were recruited last year through College Service Commission and 12 this year. The most recent recruitment being of Ramzal Ali at the Sanskrit department of Ramkrishna Mission Vidyamandir, Belur

After protests, Sanskrit prof Firoz Khan applies to other faculties at BHU

He was not allowed to teach at the SVDV faculty of BHU after students said a Muslim couldn’t teach them

Assam’s Detention Camps are akin to Germany’s Concentration Camps: Thinkers

A cross-section of thinkers and literary personalities came out against Assam’s Detention camps, demanded their closure and halt to construction of the proposed new one at Goalpara stating that 823 of the 938 persons languishing without fair trial are Assamese citizens

Assam migrant labourer forced to rot in detention camp for going to Delhi in search of a job!

Migrant labourer declared ‘foreigner’ for going to Delhi in search of a job!

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